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I don't want loads of fuss, quite the reverse, but I don't want to be shouted at either, when I say something he obviously doesn't like. For instance, being kept up to date on financial things, and being able to read whatever it is he has put in an envelope...
I was diagnosed last year with small cell lung cancer, i have completed my treatments this year, my first appointment with oncology was good, the Oncologist said all was clear, apart from showing damage on my lung due to radiotherapy. my last appointment...
Today marks 12 years since I had surgery to remove my right lung. I started chemotherapy 6 weeks later to gain an estimated 5% on survival chances. I was 58 at the time and never dreamt I'd be here to celebrate my 70th Birthday at the end of July. I...
Just wanted to see if anyone had any information that might help decisions. My mum (a young early 70s) was diagnosed with squamous NSCLC lung cancer earlier this year and has since had a lower left lung lobectomy. Immunotherapy and chemo preop were...
Hi, though i have not been on here for awhile ,i have browsed on the site .I just wanted to update people ,I had my 4 year scan on the 21st of may ,and everything is clear .I had a lobectomy 4 years ago in June and i must admit i have felt nervous before...
I am experiencing quite a lot of the known side-effects. E. G:- 1. Peripheral neuropathy. 2. Itchy skin 3. Muscle aches. 4. High Blood blood pressure Has anybody else experienced these things and have they had ways of reducing them?
My husband still in hospital, still on full strength dexamethasone...confusion comes & goes. Yesterday he didnt know my name or who I was. All this absolutely hell in just over week, not one sign nor symptom. Never knowing what I'm facing one day to...
Hi. My name is Jill I am 73. I had a left lower lobectomy in sept last year but since have been found to have nodules in my right lung. I have had 8 sessions of sabr radiotherapy which ended in march this year. I've had a bad cough ever since and wondered...
Hi All, just to introduce myself. 8 weeks after an adrenal gland bleed I’ve been diagnosed with incurable stage 4 non small cell lung cancer, specifically squamous cell carcinoma. I’m currently in what I feel is a limbo state. My MDT met on Tuesday...
Hi all i posted this a few weeks ago stage 3b squamous NSCL diagnosed end September 2022. First line treatment Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) over 2 years every 3 weeks. I did have a bad reaction, colitis, after a year but after a break managed to...
